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- Jack Ruby
- Convicted of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald
- Communism
- Developed by Karl Marx. Leading to a society where everything is publicly owned and people are paid according to their work.
- Branch Rickey
- Manager who helped Jackie Robinson make the Major Leagues
- Toni Morrison
- Incredible African-American woman writer.
- James Earl Ray
- Convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.
- Levittown
- A suburb of NYC. (Someone edit this, is it right?)
- Red Scare
- The Red Scare was when fear of communism broke free sending chaos throughout America.
- Truman Doctrine
- Plan of aid to other countries falling under control of communism.
- Jackie Robinson
- The first African-American man to be on the Major Leagues.
- Ho Chi Minh
- Became prime minister of Vietnam and led independence movement.
- Truman/Eisenhower/Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon/Ford/Carter/Bush/Clinton/Bush
- You know these guys, just thought I'd put them in order for you.
- Bay of Pigs
- Failed invasion to overthrow Castro.
- Berlin Wall
- Barrier that physically separated West Berlin from East Berlin.
- Rosenbergs
- Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of selling secrets the USSR and were electrocuted for their execution.
- Totalitarianism
- a system of government where it is controlled and dictated.
- General MacArthur
- War hero, led UNC forces defending North Korea against South Korea.
- Counterculture
- A word that describes the values and behavior of a cultural group.
- Khrushchev
- Premier of Russia, came close to war with US over Cuban Missile Crisis
- Gulf of Tonkin
- Prompted first large scale involvement with armed forces in Vietnam
- Fidel Castro
- Dictator of Cuba, was part of Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Vietnam War
- War fought between Communist Vietnam and US supported Vietnam. We failed and had to withdraw troops.
- McCarthy
- Joseph McCarthy was a liar who convicted innocent people of being communist.
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy, but he was never convicted.
- Emmett Till
- A young 14 year old black boy brutally murdered after whistling at a white women.
- Tiananmen
- Known as Tiananmen Square Massacre in China. Where students and intellects fought out against Chinese Communism and were brutally killed.
- Korean War
- War between North, South Korea and America. North tried to make South communist.
- Rosa Parks
- A bold, black woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
- Gandhi
- An incredible, major, spiritual and nonviolent leader of India.
- Marilyn Monroe
- Was a comedic actress, singer, model and Hollywood icon
- Iron Curtain
- "Iron Curtain" blocking truth and freedom, anyone behind it was under USSR control.
- Phyllis Schaffly
- A women who opposed feminism and the Equal Rights Amendment.
- 38th Parallel
- Pre-Korean War boundary.
- Malcolm X
- A amazing black leader who was once angry but became an incredible leader and hero.
- Mao Zendong
- Led Communist Party in China. One of the most important figures of his time.
- Langston Hughes
- African-American poet.
- French Indochina
- Part of french colonial system in southeast Asia.Fighting there led to Vietnam War.
- Betty Friedan
- Wrote the book Feminine Mystique and was a women activist.
- Saddam Hussein
- Leader of Iraq. Played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power.
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Crisis that involved Castro, Kennedy and Khruschev where nuclear weapons were placed to close for comfort.
- Bull Connor
- Police official of Birmingham, AL. Was a member of the KKK and supported racial segregation.
- Earl Warren
- He was Chief Justice and he was marked with dealing mostly with civil rights and racial segregation.
- Freedom Riders
- Civil rights activists that rode interstate buses in the segregated south.
- Selma to Montgomery
- Three marches that hit the emotional peak of the American Civil Rights movement.
- Jim Crow
- Was propaganda and represented an era of racial segregation.
- Watergate
- Scandal of all Richard Nixon's wrongdoings and lies.
- Little Rock Nine
- Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African-American kids who were enrolled in Little Rock High School
- Feminine Mystique
- The book by Betty Friedan that encourage equal rights among women.
- Plessy vs. Fergusun
- Case upholding the constitutionally of racial discrimination.
- Edge Cities
- New concentration of business and economics outside of the traditional urban area.
- Point 4 Plan
- Plan of aid to help developing countries.
- Capitalism
- A system where trade and industry is privately owned.
- Gorbachev
- Russian Premier his policies helped bring end to Cold War.
- Linda Brown
- Black girl who was refused enrollment in the closest school to her house because of segregation.
- William Levitt
- Created suburbs.
- Suburbia
- Residential areas on the outside of a city.
- Marshall Plan
- Plan of aid to help former enemies.
- Democracy
- System of government where the whole population is members of state and are eligible.
- Elvis
- Elvis was a rock and roll hero to everyone during his time. He's sold the most records in the world. Enough said.
- Chaing Kai Shek
- Wanted to unify China and led troops to stop communism.
- Sit-ins
- An action where you non-violently protest in an area.
- Iranian Hostage Situation
- A crisis where 53 US people were held hostage in Iran for 444 days.
- Cezar Chavez
- American farm worker of Mexican descent, a labor and civil rights leader who co-founded the NWA.
- Thurgood Marshall
- First African-American judge in the U.S Supreme Court and is best remembered for his victory in Brown vs. Board of Education
- MLK Jr
- An incredible leader and speaker who believed in peace, love and brotherhood for everyone.
- Persian Gulf War
- Conflict between Iran and a the countries that were opposed to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.